Best 17 Drama Movies Fan Favorite Released in 1954

A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder. Read about Rear Window / IMDB / YouTube

A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife. Details on Dial M for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. Find out about On the Waterfront / IMDB / YouTube

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her. Info on Sabrina / IMDB / YouTube

When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command. Check out The Caine Mutiny / IMDB / YouTube

When a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too. Details on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers / IMDB / YouTube

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. Details on Ugetsu / IMDB / YouTube

After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob. Explore Johnny Guitar / IMDB / YouTube

In George Cukor's remake, fading matinee idol Norman Maine helps young singer and actress Esther Blodgett find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral. Explore A Star Is Born / IMDB / YouTube

In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. Explore Sansho the Bailiff / IMDB / YouTube

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy. Read about The Barefoot Contessa / IMDB / YouTube

The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others. Read about River of No Return / IMDB / YouTube

A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment. More about Diary of a Country Priest / IMDB / YouTube

An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples. See more about Journey to Italy / IMDB / YouTube

During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz. See more about Vera Cruz / IMDB / YouTube

When an aristocratic woman known only as Madame de . . . sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair. Details on The Earrings of Madame De... / IMDB / YouTube

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944. Find out about The Glenn Miller Story / IMDB / YouTube